“Since the truth may not be what we would prefer. It is revealing that so many people today express approval by saying, "I'm comfortable with that," and disapproval by saying, "I'm not comfortable with that." Comfort is important when it comes to furniture and headphones, but it is irrelevant when it comes to truth.” PeopleMayImportantTodayComfortComfortableApprovalIrrelevantFurnitureRevealingDisapprovalHeadphones Author:Douglas Groothuis
“The doctrine of hell does not stand alone as a kind of ancient Christian horror story. Rather, hell is inseparable from three other interrelated biblical truths: human sin, God's holiness, and the cross of Christ.” HumansKindDoeStoriesChristianThreeChristSinHellHorrorCrossesAncientDoctrineHolinessBiblicalInseparableStand AloneHorror StoriesBiblical Truth Author:Douglas Groothuis
“Without a thorough and deeply rooted understanding of the biblical view of truth as revealed, objective, absolute, universal, eternally engaging, antithetical and exclusive, unified and systematic, and as an end in itself, the Christian response to postmodernism will be muted by the surrounding culture or will make illicit compromises with the truth-impoverished spirit of the age. The good news is that truth is still truth, that it provides a backbone for witness and ministry in postmodern times, and that God's truth will never fail.” StillsEndsAgeChristianSpiritCultureUnderstandingViewsFailingTruth IsNewsUniversalAbsolutesResponseObjectivesCompromiseWitnessRootedMinistryBiblicalEngagingGood NewsExclusiveSystematicThoroughBackboneUnifiedPostmodernismPostmodern Author:Douglas Groothuis
“The statistics reveal a failure of nerve on the part of many Christians. They seem to be simply unable to muster the strength necessary to develop a tenacious commitment to the truthfulness of Scripture.” SeemsChristianCommitmentScriptureStatisticsNervesTruthfulnessTenaciousMuster Author:Douglas Groothuis
“The book, that stubbornly unelectric artifact of pure typography, possesses resources conducive to the flourishing of the soul. A thoughtful reading of the printed text orients one to a world of order, meaning, and the possibility of knowing truth.” WorldBookSoulOrderReadingKnowingPossibilityPureResourcesThoughtfulPrintedFlourishingArtifactsTypography Author:Douglas Groothuis
“Tied to the value of the person is the principle of servanthood. We value what we freely serve.” PersonsValuesPrinciplesTiedServanthood Author:Douglas Groothuis
“All forms of yoga involve occult assumptions, even hatha yoga, which is often presented as a merely physical discipline.” FormDisciplineYogaAssumptionOccultHatha Yoga Author:Douglas Groothuis
